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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm Posts: 10022
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_________________ He fights for the users.
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Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:58 pm |
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm Posts: 12030
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I've had my Hotmail account since about '96. I'm a little reluctant to give it up after all this time. I say boo to this.
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Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:01 pm |
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am Posts: 12700 Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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I use hot mail as a spam address. ie Some company wants me email address for something pointless, they are given my hotmail address.
No mention of an Outlook.co.uk either.
I have a Googlemail address as I have an Android phone. I may just use that as a spam address when Hotmail dies. Do I really need to sign up for another?
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Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:03 pm |
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm Posts: 12030
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Yup, that's the whole point of my Hotmail too. It's my web-facing account, as it were. I rarely use it for anything serious.
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Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:05 pm |
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm Posts: 7173
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Loving the new look, I may actually favour my MSN e-mail address over Gmail at this rate.
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Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:09 pm |
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am Posts: 12700 Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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I've just got googlemail to import all my hotmail emails so I don't loose them.
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Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:13 pm |
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am Posts: 12700 Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Just been to outlook.com It already has my hotmail inbox, it also lists my hotmail address when it sends emails. So maybe they'll keep hotmail addresses.
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Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:18 pm |
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finlay666
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm Posts: 4876 Location: Newcastle
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As much as it's not a 'shiny' GUI, it's functional and slick Most awesome feature... Creating your own Aliases  (I have 4 to my main account currently so I can effectively consolodate a few old email aliases) Downside.... unlike Gmail I have had to register [firstname][surname]@outlook.com as an alias for [firstname] .[surname]@outlook.com but that isn't a biggie tbh as there are plenty of usernames left (couldnt get just my first name though). You can also choose if you want them to get a dedicated folder. I used my main inbox as my [a][b] and [a].[b] aliases, then individual boxes for the others, inlcuding some that are domain related for some sites I have They will keep hotmail addresses, but the option to get the new domain is a nice thing  In fact it's even cooler, the drop down at the top also gives easy access to contacts, skydrive and calendar 
_________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:23 pm |
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:58 pm Posts: 8767 Location: behind the sofa
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There's absolutely no talk of anyone having to give up their Hotmail accounts. Why would they even consider that? It specifically says "your email address and password will remain the same". I've just "upgraded" to have a look. You can change back at any time. First thoughts? I expected it to be more like Office 365, but it's very much simpler. The Live interface was already pretty slick looking, but this has a minimalistic Metro style to it. It should work well on tablets and phones, although I use the native apps on mine. I've had my Hotmail.com address for a long time. Only a few close friends know it, and I've always been impressed with the service. My gmail.com address came later, and the primary reason I use that for day to day was originally down to the IMAP support and a few features which Microsoft now also offer. Gmail forced all the other email providers to rethink and drastically improve their services. I remember when Hotmail had a 10Meg inbox limit!
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Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:35 pm |
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm Posts: 12030
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It's late, I skim read the article, saw "Microsoft is overhauling its free webmail service, dropping the Hotmail name it has used since acquiring the product in 1998, and renaming it Outlook.com." and had a Daily Mail response. 
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Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:37 pm |
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tombolt
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:38 am Posts: 2967 Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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Just realised, I haven't checked my hotmail account for a couple of years. Hope it hasn't been deactivated, I've had it for about as long as I've been using the net.
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Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:38 pm |
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:58 pm Posts: 8767 Location: behind the sofa
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In fairness, the article is rather shoddy and the headline is misleading.
_________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:40 pm |
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm Posts: 10022
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I've had two email accounts with hotmail since 1999. I've have managed to register the same username bit as the old one eg mrwolf@hotmail.com and registered as mrwolf@outlook.com
_________________ He fights for the users.
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Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:46 pm |
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm Posts: 7173
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I've taken the opportunity to score myself a new @outlook.com e-mail address. I've deleted the old @hotmail.com and @live.com ones I have accumulated over the years, though I can't quite bring myself to delete my @msn.com address; so it looks like going forward I'll have an @outlook.com and an @msn.com address.
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Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:50 pm |
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm Posts: 12030
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Just snagged the appropriate outlook.com address. Mainly to stop my namesakes out there getting it first... 
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Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:52 pm |
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